Silicon Valley

Lu Zhishan took a fancy to a building with an area of ​​about 10,000 square meters. The building has a total of four floors. From a distance, it looks like a white rectangular eraser.

"Henry, what do you think of this place?" Lu Zhishan pointed to the building and asked Henry.

"Not bad!" Henry looked at the building and said slowly, "This building is not only large, but also has a good location and a lot of traffic. There are many colleges and universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University nearby, and it has great potential for development!"

Lu Zhishan nodded, "Let's go, let's ask the developer about the price."

The building has a huge banner with the address and phone number on it, so it's not hard to find. Ten minutes later, Henry and Lu Zhishan came to the sales office. After walking in, Lu Zhishan said straight to the point that he wanted to buy a house. When the sales lady across from him heard that Lu Zhishan was going to buy the whole building, he couldn't help being shocked.

"Sir, are you joking?" the sales lady asked suspiciously.

Lu Zhishan's clothes are very simple, no different from ordinary people. As for Henry by his side, he was also casually dressed in gray casual clothes. Therefore, it is impossible to tell from the clothes that Lu Zhishan and Henry are rich. Besides, it's still 1998, and there are very few rich people and even fewer billionaires. There are almost very few people who are about to buy the entire building when they open their mouths.

Lu Zhishan said directly: "Call your manager, I really want to buy the whole building!"

The sales lady hesitated for a moment, then said, "Okay, sir, please wait a moment!"

"Well..." Lu Zhishan nodded in response.

The sales lady turned around and walked towards a corridor on the right... A few minutes later, the sales lady walked over with a middle-aged man in a suit. When the middle-aged man saw Lu Zhishan, his expression was startled, and then a smile appeared on his face, "Oh, it turns out that Mr. Lu Zhishan is here! Welcome!"

Obviously, the manager knew Lu Zhishan. Lu Zhishan runs a supermarket and is worth tens of billions. Although he is very low-key and rarely appears in front of the media, it is not surprising that some people know him. The developer manager walked up to Lu Zhishan and Henry, hunched over and introduced himself, "Hello, I'm Tang Cai, the manager here."

"Oh, hello, Manager Tang." Lu Zhishan said, "I want to tell you that this sales lady has already grasped the matter of buying the whole building!"

"Yes," Tang Cai nodded, and then shook his head again, "However, it's a bit of a coincidence, not long ago, Wal-Mart has indicated that it wants to buy this building."

Henry pouted, didn't he just want to sell for a higher price? Could it be that if your bid is higher, you will sell it to Wal-Mart?

"What does it matter!" Henry said at this time, "Since they haven't bought the building yet, we have the right to bid. Or are you not going to sell it to us? Walmart is a big international company, so you Can't you see Mingyue Supermarket?"

"This gentleman's words are serious, what are these words..." Manager Tang said quickly, "In China, Mingyue Supermarket is not inferior to Walmart Supermarket at all!"

Lu Zhishan opened his mouth and said, "If that's the case, then you can say a price. If the price is right, I'll buy it."

"Mr. Lu, why don't we go to my office to sit down and talk slowly. As for the price, we may not agree on this price in a while, what do you think?" Manager Tang asked Lu Zhishan.

"Alright." Lu Zhishan nodded.

Manager Tang walked in front and instructed the sales lady, "Han Qian, pour two cups of coffee for these two distinguished guests!"

"Okay, manager!"

After sitting down in Manager Tang's office, Manager Tang said with a smile: "Walmart Supermarket wants to buy this building, and the price I gave them is 47.5 million yuan. If you want to buy it, since everyone is a Chinese compatriot, I'll call the shots, be cheaper, and sell it to you for 45 million!"

When Lu Zhishan heard the price, he couldn't help shaking his head. Henry was surprised that the house price was too cheap. A building of this size and its excellent location could definitely sell for a sky-high price in the future. China's real estate, especially in a metropolis like Beijing, has skyrocketed in housing prices, and every inch of land is worth more than 45 million yuan.

"Manager Tang, it's too expensive!" Lu Zhishan said indifferently, "You are talking like a lion. Just such a building needs 45 million RMB? I think, even if you sell it for 40 million RMB, Walmart will definitely not buy it. ! So, is 35 million sold or not?"

"Mr. Lu, this building will definitely appreciate in value in the future. 35 million is indeed too little!"

"Although this building covers a large area, it has only four floors in total, and there is no interior decoration. The price of 35 million is already quite a lot! Manager Tang, I have opened so many supermarkets all over the country and have a lot of experience in buying houses. So, on this, you can't fool me!" Lu Zhishan laughed.

"Of course! Who are you, how dare we fool you? However, you must let our company make some money! The price is 40 million!"

Lu Zhishan shook his head again. Just as he was about to speak, Henry winked at him and said first, "Uncle Lu, this price is okay!"

Lu Zhishan was stunned for a moment, and stopped talking, which was regarded as acquiescence to Henry's behavior.

Henry turned his head again and said to the developer manager: "Manager Tang, 40 million is 40 million. However, we must sign a contract immediately!"

"This..." Manager Tang thought for a while before saying, "Of course there is no problem!"

"Mr. Lu, what does this gentleman mean..." Manager Tang looked at Lu Zhishan.

"His words are what I mean!" Lu Zhishan said.

"Okay, I'm going to draft the contract now!"

...

Both parties invited lawyers, and an hour later, Lu Zhishan signed the contract with the developer.

After leaving the sales office, Lu Zhishan said suspiciously, "Henry, we could actually lower the price just now. Why did you agree to 40 million?"

"Uncle Lu, Walmart also likes this building, but it will change later. Although the price we bought is a bit expensive, we can feel at ease. First, Mingyue Supermarket occupies a good position, which can restrain Walmart; Real estate prices will skyrocket, even beyond your imagination, spending millions of yuan more is nothing."

Lu Zhishan nodded. Henry, as the richest man in the world, naturally had nothing to say about his vision. Otherwise, how could he become the richest man in the world?

On this street, there are not only real estate companies, high-tech companies, but also financial companies, such as banks, securities, venture capital and so on. Not long after Henry and Lu Zhishan came out of the sales office, they saw a man walking out of a venture capital firm in front of him with a briefcase with his head down. He almost hit Lu Zhishan as if he had lost his soul.

"I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention just now, I almost bumped into you..."

"It's okay, young man!"

When Lu Zhishan was talking to that person, Henry looked surprised. Isn't this person in front of him Zhou Hongyi, the father of rogue software and the CEO of 360 Company? He claims to be the most talented programmer in the Founder System Integration Company, and is also recognized as a thorn in the Founder Group! After leaving the Founder Group, Zhou Hongyi decided to take a group of younger brothers to start a business on his own.

Henry calculated the time, Zhou Hongyi should have created his first company, 3721 Company, at about this time. As for what does this company do? Perhaps many people have never heard of it, but in fact, it mainly provides online real-name Chinese Internet access services. For example, Coca-Cola, if you want to access the Coca-Cola website, you need to enter the website domain name in the address bar of your browser. As we all know, the domain name is a long string of English, which is not only difficult to remember, but also prone to typos.

The role of 3721 is here. For example, if Coca-Cola has registered the 3721 network real name, you can directly search for the Chinese "Coca-Cola" in the address bar of the browser, and then go directly to the official website of Coca-Cola. 3721 is actually a Chinese search company.

In the previous life, the website real-name service brought by 3721's "Chinese keyword search" technology covered more than 90% of Chinese Internet users at that time, with more than 80 million daily usage, and more than 600,000 corporate customers, occupying China's paid With a market share of 40% in the search market, it occupies an absolute leading position. In 2001, 3721 was the first to declare profit among Chinese Internet companies. In front of Baidu, it is not enough to look at. Back then, if Zhou Hongyi had been serious about developing 3721, he would not have sold it to Yahoo. Then it is very likely that Baidu will be out of the game... Zhou Hongyi's bowels are all green, and selling 3721 has become a grief that can never be erased in his heart!

(To be continued ~^~)